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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1808 Excerpt: ... by affecting to be sorry for what had passed, he regained her confidence; but in the night he purloined what few jewels she had remaining, which he sold to support his extravagancy. Soon after this event, her father died, leaving the bulk of his fortune to some distant relations, and to his daughter a small pittance for her life, to be paid her monthly, but barely sufficient to prevent her from absolutely starving. This being made known to Master Sad, he watched an opportunity, and one day while she was gone to Waltham market, he hired two or three assistants, and packing up all the furniture that was in the house, her clothes and personal ornaments, with every thing that would bring any money, he took them away, leaving her in arrears for rent, without a rag to put on, or bed to lie upon. He disposed of his baggage to a broker at Enfield for less than half its value; and, having paid his assistants, proceeded to London, where he entered into the army, then on the march towards France, and fell in the famous battle of Agincourt: a death too good for such a worthless miscreant His wife, on her return home, found the house stripped of every thing that was valuable, and herself suddenly reduced to extreme indigence. She stamped, she screamed, and rent her hair in a paroxysm of raging madness; her father's memory she loaded with maledictions, blasphemed heaven, and called for destruction on her husband. When the fit was in some degree subsided, she threw herself upon the floor, and lay deploring her misfortunes till midnight. As soon as she heard the ringing of the bell at Cheshunt Priory, she started up, unable to endure the torment of her own reflections any longer, and, impelled by her frenzy, ran doWn into the meadows, uttering execrations all the way, and..
| ISBN-13 | 9780217315838 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217315836 |
| Weight | 0.30 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.20 In |
| List Price | $14.14 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 82 pages |
| Publisher | |
| Published On | 2009-12-01 |
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